Recent Examples on the WebSince the fires, insureds have been provided emergency rental housing funds that are set to expire in one more year. Susie Cagle, Curbed, 10 Oct. 2018 Talks are underway for health plans to cover rides for their insureds, Switaj said. Diane Mastrull, Philly.com, 28 Mar. 2018 Expect a sharp drop in access for insureds after 2021. Amy Goldstein, Washington Post, 28 June 2017 Yet all over the country employees of insurance companies continue to do the same thing every day, in countless cases in which most insureds don’t have the financial ability to contest.WSJ, 4 Sep. 2017 However, these three proposals would allow market forces to do their job and ensure health insureds are treated fairly.Alaska Dispatch News, 28 June 2017
Word History
First Known Use
1681, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing insured
the insured
the insured
Legal Definition
insured
noun
in·sured
: a person whose life, physical well-being, or property is the subject of insurance
insured
verb
past tense of insure
as in assured
to make sure, certain, or safe took steps to insure the timely completion of the project